Shinobu Nakayama

Shinobu Nakayama

Born: January 18, 1973
in Koganei, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Shinobu Nakayama (Nakayama Shinobu , born January 18, 1973) is an actress and a former J-pop singer. She was born in Tokyo, Japan, and released her first single on 2 November 1988. Her final release as a J-pop artist was on 1 March 1991. She was a member of the short-lived idol groups Nanatsuboshi and Rakutenshi. She is the younger sister of actress Miho Nakayama.

Best known for her role of Mayumi Nagamine in Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995) and Gamera 3: Incomplete Struggle (1999), Shinobu Nakayama like her older sister, Miho Nakayama, started out her career as a musician. Unfortunately, Nakayama could never quite attain the same popularity of her older sister as a solo artist, but became successful when she joined a music group called Rakutenshi. In the early 1990s Shinobu Nakayama started a career in acting, again following in the footsteps of her older sister. Her career finally started going after she landed a role in the Jet Li movie Fist of Legend, a remake of the Bruce Lee film Chinese Connection. Shortly afterwards she got the part of Mayumi Nagamine in Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995), which lead to playing that same character four years later in Gamera 3: Incomplete Struggle (1999).

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After School Angler Life
Title: After School Angler Life
Released: April 29, 2023
Type: Movie
Mezashi, a high school student, has become distrustful of people after being the target of bullying by her classmates. After being transferred to a new school in the Kansai local region due to the parents' convenience, she then learns the basics of fishing when invited to join "The Girls Angler's Club". Little by little, she begins to feel at home in the fun atmosphere and begins to enjoy fishing and friendship.
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Title: Me, My Husband & My Husband's Boyfriend
Released: March 28, 2023
Type: TV
"I want to be loved, as a person, and as a woman." Nakamichi Misaki is a teacher who has been married for 5 years to her attractive husband. She appears to have a life that many would be envious of. However, the truth is that she has been concerned about her marriage due to the lack of intimacy. Her husband only sleeps with her once a year, on the day of their wedding anniversary. As she continues to question her husband's sexual desire for her, their next anniversary arrives... and she receives a shocking confession from him!
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Title: Double
Character: Minami Kamino
Released: June 4, 2022
Type: TV
While it was raining, Takarada Takara (Yudai Chiba), who works for a company, walked lethargically without an umbrella. Meanwhile, he was led by a hawker for the stage and watched the performance of the theater company Hero. Inspired by the play by Kamoshima Yujin (Kento Nagayama) who was appearing in the performance, Takarada decided to quit the company and go on to become an actor. Kamoshima teaches Takarada who has become a member of the theater company Hero. Among them, he is the only one who notices the talent of Takarada and hopes to make him the best actor in the world. At the same time, he himself continued to dream of becoming the best actor in the world.
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全身刑事
Title: 全身刑事
Character: Iyo Monda
Released: February 2, 2020
Type: Movie
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Honey
Title: Honey
Character: Kaori Onise
Released: March 31, 2018
Type: Movie
Kogure Nao is a shy and cute high school student. One day, Onise Taiga asks her "would you like to date with me on the promise that we will get married?" Nao is unable to turn down his proposal because she is scared of him. Taiga has red hair and piercing eyes. His appearance gives off the impression that he is a bad boy, but he is actually considerate to others and good at cooking. After getting to know Taiga, Nao begins to have feelings for him.
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Matchmaking Cruise
Title: Matchmaking Cruise
Released: November 18, 2017
Type: Movie
The movie was inspired by Hiroshima prefectural government's marital activity "Koinowa Project" which is practiced as part of countermeasures against the declining birthplace.
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Title: Muyoan Retirement Training
Released: September 17, 2017
Type: TV
The main character, Hanbei Hinata, who plays Mizutani, is a direct hatamoto guardian who guards Edo Castle. While working honestly on that mission, he became disgusted by a colleague who only thought about his career advancement, and soon he abandoned all his desires and began to think about a retired life
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Come Back! Shuriken Sentai Ninninger: Ninnin Girls vs. Boys FINAL WARS
Title: Come Back! Shuriken Sentai Ninninger: Ninnin Girls vs. Boys FINAL WARS
Character: Sakurako Igasaki
Released: June 22, 2016
Type: Movie
The Igasaki Clan reunites two years after defeating Kibaoni Gengetsu to determine who is the greatest ninja.
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Ghost Writer's Homicide Coverage 2 - Writing About a Celebrity's Crime
Title: Ghost Writer's Homicide Coverage 2 - Writing About a Celebrity's Crime
Released: November 14, 2015
Type: Movie
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Dr. Hikojiro
Title: Dr. Hikojiro
Character: Ruriko Segawa
Released: October 3, 2015
Type: Movie
One day, Hikojiro receives an emergency call from inn proprietress Shino Ogawa to examine Tadahiko Mori, a guest complaining of stomach pain. Mori, who owns an art gallery in Tokyo, has come to Kyoto on a trip with his only daughter, high school student Nanami. Hikojiro gives him his business card, telling him to contact him if the pain comes back. However, the next day, Mori is found dead...!
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Title: Keiji Yoshinaga Seiichi Namida no Jikenbo
Released: October 11, 2013
Type: TV
Yoshinaga Seiichi is a detective at the Kanagawa-ken Police Department, and his passion for his job sees him not only resolving the crime cases, but also in helping the people around him to come to terms with their problems. His new partner is Kagami Shinichi, and together they handle their first case together; a female corpse has been discovered at a basement carpark...
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Title: Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
Released: October 18, 2012
Type: TV
Daimon Michiko is a 37-year-old freelance surgeon who is part of a questionable “doctor placement service” that has her wander from hospital to hospital. The harsh environment at the hospitals led many doctors to retire from their positions, forcing hospitals to make use of said program to fill the empty spots at least temporary. However, Michiko doesn’t look like a doctor at all with her flashy clothes and eccentric attitude. In the first episode she raises objections to a certain operation which is planned to be done by the head of a hospital who hasn’t performed an operation for a very long time. This causes Michiko to incur odium at the hospital, however, everyone becomes frozen when Michiko points out the outdated skills of the director. She also holds a scrupulous compliance when it comes to her working hours, never does any unnecessary chores that don’t require a medical license, and couldn’t care less about the power struggles within the hospitals. Nobody knows how she acquired such a top-level skill that allows her to claim exorbitant sums as reward, but her private life is an even greater mystery to everyone around her. Tanaka plays a rookie surgeon, Uchida an anesthetist, Kishibe the head of the placement service, and Ito the head of the surgical department of this institution.
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Title: Solitary Gourmet
Released: January 4, 2012
Type: TV
Centered around typical Japanese food, a solitary salesman travelling through the country for business purposes, eats at its various establishments and experiences the various delicacies of Japanese cuisine.
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Title: CSI: Crime Scene Talks
Released: April 13, 2011
Type: TV
Satoshi Itomura is an assistant police investigator who belongs to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Scientific Investigation Team. Reenactments, fingerprint and voice data collections, profiling... His team collects scientific evidence and pieces together fragments of information in order to help build evidences. However, Itomura often does not care about the scientific approach and instead pays a great deal of attention to the things that the victims always carried with them or treasured. And he focuses on these things because they usually carry the victim’s dying wishes, understanding that last message not only helps solve the cases but also brings closure to the depressed family of victims.
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Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace
Title: Oh-Oku: The Women Of The Inner Palace
Character: Fujikawa
Released: December 23, 2006
Type: Movie
The year is Seitoku 2 (1712), and Japan has a new ruler. But Ietsugu, the 7th Tokugawa shogun, is only four years old. The power vacuum this creates has Edo Castle roiling in political intrigue and personal positioning of all kinds.
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TANNKA
Title: TANNKA
Character: Mika
Released: November 11, 2006
Type: Movie
Kaori, a professional thirty-something caught between her passion for an older married man and the indulgence of an energetic, but less-fulfilling, youthful suitor.
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Baian Fujieda the Assassin
Title: Baian Fujieda the Assassin
Released: November 4, 2006
Type: Movie
An adaptation of the Shotaro Ikenami novels, set in the historical Edo period, and centered on Fujieda Bayan, a medicine man and doctor by day, but ruthless killer for hire by night. His tools of the trade are the same in either job: acupuncture needles that leave no trace.
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Title: Seven Female Lawyers
Released: April 13, 2006
Type: TV
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Title: Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
Released: July 4, 2004
Type: TV
Mabel West, Miss Marple's great-niece, becomes Poirot's junior assistant.
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Title: Batsu Kare
Released: July 1, 2004
Type: TV
He's divorced and a bit hopeless. Although considered a "loser," he's still a good person. She is in her 30s. Unmarried and no kids, she is considered by some to be a bit of a loser too which is a stab in the heart for any woman. There are men who are not offensive, but somehow useless. Men in their 30s, divorced and on top of that, a bit useless. Popular, but lightweights. That they are serious, but a bit dense is another mark against them. But there are some women, for whom this is actually a turn on. This is a different love story about guys like this and the women that surround them. It shows men and women in their 30s losing their way and making mistakes as they strive for happiness in a real and candid way.
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Title: Divorce Lawyer
Character: Mari Nonami
Released: April 15, 2004
Type: TV
Takako Mamiya is a lawyer who quits her job at a prestigious law firm and establishes her own office. She confidently sets out to build her business, but soon her former firm is putting up obstacles and interfering, causing Takako's employees and clients to drift away. She finally puts together a new staff consisting of a college student who knows little about the law, a girl who applied for the job in hopes of meeting a rich guy, a hard-nosed lawyer, and a paralegal who hasn't passed the bar exam yet. Takako reluctantly handles divorce cases with her incompetent crew. For an elite lawyer like her, divorce cases are the most boring and unrewarding cases that exist. Through clashing with her employees and clients, Takako soon becomes a very mature and tough lawyer. "Divorce Lawyer" also tells the story of how difficult it is to judge love and relationships in legal terms.
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Title: 稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
Character: Tsuruko Igawa
Released: April 3, 2004
Type: TV
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Title: Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game
Character: Guest
Released: July 27, 2003
Type: TV
After participating to a previous show where they have to bet or be challenged to any kind of competitions, the losing members of the Gaki no Tsukai are selected to spend 24 hours in a setting which they have no knowledge of the theme nor the course of the events. They are exposed to various absurd and crazy situations nonstop for 24 hours and must refrain from laughing. If they do so, hang-men appear and hit the rule breakers with a weapon (the weapon varies every year).
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恋に唄えば♪
Title: 恋に唄えば♪
Released: November 3, 2002
Type: Movie
A young department store worker discovers a magical lantern which contains the spirit of Tsuboi, a genie who has just one last chance to help someone on Earth.
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Title: AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Released: October 9, 2002
Type: TV
Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.
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Title: 眼科医 小室瞳の推理カルテ
Released: September 15, 2001
Type: TV
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The Goblin of Mt. Kurama
Title: The Goblin of Mt. Kurama
Released: March 9, 2001
Type: Movie
The year 1864: The Shinsengumi, the shogun’s armed force in Kyoto ripped the city apart, with blades in hand, searching for pockets of resistance, slaughtering the samurai who sought to bring down the shogunate and restore Japan’s emperor to power. By chance, Murao Mayumi and his sister Shiho, meet samurai Kurata. Murao, seeking his fortune with his sword-arm, will join Shinsengumi, never suspecting his friend Kurata is secretly Kurama Tengu, who hides his face in a black hood, and who will tear a bloody swath through Shinsengumi’s massed blades, to aid the samurai who had taken up the emperor’s cause. Will friend kill friend in a time of war?
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Title: Kanojotachi no Jidai
Released: July 7, 1999
Type: TV
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Title: Kanojotachi no Jidai
Released: July 7, 1999
Type: TV
Fukami, a 26 year-old girl, has a uneventful life, working as a telephone operator. She finds her work tedious and wanted something more important aside from romance. She then meets two girls of the same age, Chizu and Tsugiko. They have something in common though their situations are different. And so, they all became close to each other. (asianwiki)
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Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
Title: Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
Character: Dr. Mayumi Nagamine
Released: March 6, 1999
Type: Movie
With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature she names Iris. Nagamine and Asagi must reach Ayana before she takes her revenge on Gamera, who she blames for the death of her family.
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GAMERA 1999
Title: GAMERA 1999
Released: February 20, 1999
Type: Movie
Hideaki Anno's documentary about the making of Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris. From concept to film, the documentary is a video diary of the film's production. Not included in the Arrow Video collection.
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Junji Inagawa's the Story of Terror II
Title: Junji Inagawa's the Story of Terror II
Released: August 25, 1998
Type: Movie
Second "The Story of Terror" film by Junji Inagawa.
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The Donor
Title: The Donor
Released: December 20, 1996
Type: Movie
Set in a hospital conducting live experiments, this is a science horror story. At a maternity hospital, a series of gruesome incidents occur where the uterus and ovaries are taken from the human body. Nurse Tomoka investigates the mystery surrounding these events...
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The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
Title: The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
Character: Chie Ito
Released: September 14, 1996
Type: Movie
A biographical drama depicting the life full of love and suffering of the writer and poet Kenji Miyazawa, who celebrated his 100th birthday in 1996.
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The New King of Kita
Title: The New King of Kita
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Hotondo is a capable lawyer who is about to marry his girlfriend Mayumi. However, during a trial, Mayumi is involved in an accident and tragically dies. Hotondo investigates the suspicious circumstances surrounding her death, but falls into a mysterious trap and is sentenced to two years in prison. Two years later, Hotondo is released and discovers that the medical corporation Atsumito-kai is involved in Mayumi's death.
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Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
Title: Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
Character: Dr. Mayumi Nagamine
Released: March 11, 1995
Type: Movie
A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Kusanagi, who discovers an ancient bead that he gives to his daughter Asagi. Meanwhile, ornithologist Nagamine investigates reports of a new species of large bird named Gyaos. As the Gyaos begin to attack, an ancient guardian with a bond to Asagi emerges.
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The Making of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
Title: The Making of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
Released: February 24, 1995
Type: Movie
The production of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe. Includes interviews with director Shusuke Kaneko, screenwriter Kazunori Ito and lead actress Ayako Fujitani. Also includes behind the scenes footage from special effects director Shinji Higuchi and interviews with suit actors Jun Suzuki and Yumi Kameyama.
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Fist of Legend
Title: Fist of Legend
Character: Mitsuko Yamada
Released: December 22, 1994
Type: Movie
Chen Zhen, a Chinese engineering student in Kyoto, who braves the insults and abuse of his Japanse fellow students for his local love Mitsuko Yamada, daughter of the director, returns in 1937 to his native Shangai, under Japanse protectorate -in fact military occupation- after reading about the death of his kung-fu master Hou Ting-An in a fight against the Japanese champion Ryuichi Akutagawa.
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Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Title: Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Character: Yuri Katagiri
Released: December 11, 1993
Type: Movie
The U.N.G.C.C. (United Nations Godzilla Countermeasure Center) recovers the remains of Mecha-King Ghidorah and construct Mechagodzilla as a countermeasure against Godzilla. Meanwhile, a giant egg is discovered along with a new monster called Rodan. The egg is soon found to be none other than an infant Godzillasaurus.
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Eleven Without Honor or Humanity
Title: Eleven Without Honor or Humanity
Released: November 22, 1993
Type: Movie
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Yonigeya hompo 2
Title: Yonigeya hompo 2
Character: Natsuki Aratama
Released: May 15, 1993
Type: Movie
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High School Jingi Gaiden: Chi o haumono
Title: High School Jingi Gaiden: Chi o haumono
Released: April 11, 1992
Type: Movie
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Junji Inagawa: True Story
Title: Junji Inagawa: True Story
Released: October 21, 1991
Type: Movie
Junji Inagawa recreated horror experiences from his own life in this horror omnibus. The three-episode structure includes "Come to the Land of Meditation", "Trap of Memory", and "The Unwelcoming".
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Doki doki Virgin mô ichido I Love You
Title: Doki doki Virgin mô ichido I Love You
Character: Sachiko
Released: October 26, 1990
Type: Movie
Just when Hideki thinks he will lose his virginity, he gets hit by a car, and dies. God gives him a 2nd chance by placing his mind into the body of Sachiko's best friend, a girl. Can he convince Sachiko of his love?
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Title: 刑事貴族
Released: April 13, 1990
Type: TV
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Kagaku Sentai Dynaman: The Movie
Title: Kagaku Sentai Dynaman: The Movie
Character: Boy
Released: March 12, 1983
Type: Movie
The Dynaman must prevent a powerful new gun invented by a friend of Doctor Yumeno from falling into the hands of the Jashinka.